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You start driving west for 20 miles, turn left, and drive south for another 14 miles. At the end of driving, what is your straight line distance from your starting point? Round to the nearest tenth of
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You start driving west for 20 miles, turn left, and drive south for another 14 miles. At the end of driving, what is your straight line distance from your starting point? Round to the nearest tenth of a mile

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Answer:

24.4

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User Dan LaManna
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by using these measurements and drawing out a triangle, you have two sides “a” and “b” and are trying to find “c”. using pythagorean theorem you can determine that “a^2 + b^2 = c^2”. plug in your distances (20 and 14) and you get 24.4 as your distance.
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